EditorialBiodiversity, Productivity and CO2: Recent reviews of the scientific literature lead to the inescapable conclusion that the ongoing rise in the air's CO2 concentration is helping to preserve the biodiversity of the planet.

Productivity and Species Richness: A comprehensive review of the literature (225 papers) reveals the existence of a tendency for increases in ecosystem net primary production - which is enhanced by atmospheric CO2 enrichment - to increase ecosystem species richness on the continental to global scale, which suggests that the ongoing rise in the air's CO2 content is helping earth's plants and animals contend with the many influences of man that have a tendency to degrade ecosystem species richness.

Ecosystem Biodiversity and CO2: A review of the scientific literature reveals several different ways in which the ongoing rise in the air's CO2 content is helping earth's plants and animals preserve their unique genetic identities as distinct species in the face of numerous REAL anthropogenic assaults, as opposed to the IMAGINARY one of CO2-induced global warming.

Effects of Elevated CO2 and Nitrogen on Panicum Grass Species: Elevated CO2 significantly increased dry mass in three Panicum grasses under conditions of high soil nitrogen. However, these positive growth responses were precluded when soil nitrogen was in short supply. Some potential ramifications of these observations are noted.